Irrigation in the Bitterroot Tour

Irrigation in the Bitterroot Tour

Tuesday, October 13th    9:00am - 4:00pm

Meet at Bitterroot Valley Board of Realtors Building

224 N 4th St. Hamilton

This tour begins with a classroom introduction to irrigation in Montana and follows with a field trip to Bitter Root Irrigation District and Daly Ditches Irrigation District infrastructure.  Water resource professionals will speak at three different field stops. 

Open to all.  Realtors can gain Continuing Education Credit through attendance.

Registration is free thanks to sponsorship by the Bitterroot Valley Board of Realtors.

For more information or to register call Carolyn at (406-375-2272) or click here.Please register before October 6th.

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Come pick up your Run for the River T-shirt!

T-shirts are in!  Come by our office (in the Forest Service building in Hamilton, 1801 N 1st Street) between 9am-4:30pm for pick up.  Or call us at (406) 375-2272 if you need to make special arrangements.  

RBM presents, Death by a Thousand Cuts: Restoring Stream Connectivity and Flows for Native Fish in the Land of Irrigation Diversions

The above picture is a map made by Trout Unlimited of the irrigation diversions in the Little Blackfoot Valley in Montana.  We used this info to perform the Upper Clark Fork Fish Passage Assessment for the MT Natural Resource Damages Program.

Tomorrow at 4:00 pm, I will be giving a public presentation on the conservation and restoration issues posed by the insane amount of irrigation diversions on Montana streams.  The presentation will be in the Chemistry and Biology Building on the Montana Tech campus in Butte, Montana tomorrow, Sept. 9th 2015.  Come and learn how these diversions affect our native fish and how folks are coming together to restore stream connectivity and stop fish entrainment in irrigation ditches.